Method of making cigar-boxes



H. LEIMAN. j METHOD 0F MAKING CIGAR Boxes. APPLICATION FILED JAN.I4, 1920.

Patented Nov. l, 1921.

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A I I Mw la H. LEIVIAN. METHOD 0F MAKING CIGAR BOX'S.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I4, 1920. I* Patented Nov. L E921.

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o m w e v w 5 n a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY LEIMAN, 0F TAMPA., FLORIDA.

METHOD OF MAKING CIGAR-BOXES.

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To all 'whom t may concern Be it known thatI, HENRY LEIMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tampa, in the county of Hillsborough and State of F lorida, have invented certain new Aand useful Im rovements in Methods of Making Cigaroxes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make andl use the same.

This invention relates to a method of making wooden boxes and the like, and particularly to the manufacture of cigar boxes. Its object is to -facilitate the Jprocess of manufacture and to produce thereby a box of superior appearance and strength.

In' the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank comprising a slab of wood of rectangular area proportioned to make a complete box without cover, and having a layer of paper cemented to it.

' Fig. 1a is van enlarged section through a portion of the. blankshown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 is a view, of the under side of the blank after the actof applying reinforcing strips has been performed.

Fig. 2a `is a section through the.blank illustrated in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 illustrates a blank after have been cut in its upper surface.

Fig. 4 is a view of -.the blank shown in Fig. 3 after a binding has been applied to the edges.

Fig. '5 is a plan view showing the corner pieces detached.

.Fig 6 illustrates the condition of the grooves i vblank during the bending of the parts to Specification of Letters Patent.

dicular extending to the bottom.

view of a corrugated corner.

cedar and theslab A may be made 'of three layers of cedar, 7, 8 and 9, the grain of the mlddle layer 8 lying crosswise of the grain of the exterior layers 7 and 9. The lengthof the prepared slab will be equal tothe length of the desired box plus the combined helght of the front and rear sides 2 and its -width will be the width of the desired box Patented Nov. 1j, 1921.v Application filed Jlainuary 14, 1920. Serial No. 851,293.

paper is cemented, destined to become the inside of the box, will be deemedto be the upper side of the slab. Fig. 1a shows the condition of the blank after the paper lining 12 has been applied. To perform the next step of the method, the blank may be turned overv and strips 10, 11 of muslin, tough paper or other suitable flexible sheet material cemented to the under side as illustrated in Fig. 2. The center lines of these strips approximately outline the bottom and side walls of the box.

After the reinforcing strips 10 and 11 have been applied, the grooves 13 and 14 are cut into the upper surface of the slab, severing the lining paper 12 and extending part way through the slab. These grooves may be 90 in lcross section, 45 each side of a perplenhe grooves 13, 14, extend directly opposite and parallel with the reinforcing strips 10 and 11, and outline the bottom 1 and sides 2 of the box.

After the grooves have been cut, a flexible l border strip 15 is applied on three edges of i the blank asdshown in Fig. 4. This border 'utor of the cigars in the box.

After the border 15 has been applied the corner pieces 16 are cut away leaving a blank of cruclform shape, the parts 2, destined to constitute the side walls of the box, being connected to the bottom 1 by thin layers or ligamentary hinges of wood 13a and 14a and by the reinforcing strips 10 and 11 cemented over them.A

After the COlller pieces 16 have been re-` moved, as shown in this embodiment, the ends of the side Walls have a 45 miter or bevel. so that When the sides are'raised to a position perpendicular to the bottom, the ends ofthe side Walls meet vto form a square mitered joint. The layers 13L and 14, which connect the side Walls to the bottom, are flexed and allow the side Walls to be erected until the opposite faces 13b and 14 of the grooves meet, forming thus a mitered joint adj acont the connecting or ligamentary layer of Wood.

The box maybe made air tight and given superior strength by coating the beveled sides of the grooves including the beveled ends of the side Walls 2 with glue or other cementitious coating composition. Paraiiimv or other suitable coating or luting composition may be applied to the beveled surfaces which are brought together when the sides are raised to form the completed box body in orderto make a tight box for the better preservation of its'contents. A cement coating when used coacts with the binding strips 10 andll, the ligamentary layers 13a and 14a, referred to, and With the corrugated fastener, to be described presently to hold all parts of the box body securely together.

After the side Walls have been erected and the beveled ends brought into contact they are secured together by driving the fastening 17 into the corners as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. The box is fnovv complete excepting for the addition of the cover C and this should be fastened to the edge 3 of the back Wall Which has no edge binding 15, by-means of astrip ofv fabric of suitable character.

By this method the lining, the reinforcing srtips, and the ornamental border, are p laced in position during the process of manufacture lWhile the bottom and side Walls of the box are still united in unfinished state in the flat slab. It is obvious that it is much more convenient to apply neatly the lining,

border, reinforcing strips and glue or other.

coating composition (when used) at this time than itwould be after the box is completed. The grain of the Wood at the sides andbottom lies parallel with said sides and bottom. rlhe registration of the parts is perfect when the sides are bent up and united to vform the box ;tl 1ere can be no d1sp1acement of parts. The operations necessary tovmake this box are simple, the process of manufacture is greatly. facilitated; the box loses notching in strength but rather galns therein, and inaccuracies of arrangement, adjustment and alinement ofthe parts 1n assembling the box are unlikely. The method results in the rapid production of a neat, Strong box suited to contain cigars of hlgh grade.

Havlng thus described my invention what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. The method of making a lined box which consists in cementing a lining material to a slab, cutting crossing grooves through the lining material and in the slab from edge to edge, severing the corner pieces lying within the angles formed by end portions of the crossing grooves, bending the blank thus formed along the grooves until the end edges of the side walls meet and securing the side Walls together.

2. The method of making a box which comprises securing reinforcing strips cross- Wise of each other to a slab in position to outline the bottom of the box, cutting crossing. grooves in the side opposite the reinforcing strips removing the' corner pieces lying Within the angles formed by end portions of the crossing grooves, bending the blank thus formed along the grooves until the end edges of the side Walls meet, and securing the side Walls together.

3. The method of making a box which comprises securing reinforcing strips cross- Wise of ,each other to a slab in position to outline the bottom of the box, cutting crossing grooves in the side opposite the reinforcing strips to outline said bottom, removing the corner pieces lying Within the angles formed by end portions ofthe crossing grooves applying a coating composition to the sides of the grooves, bending the blanksl thus formed along the grooves until theI end edges of the side walls meet, and" securing the side walls together.

4. The method of making boxesl which consists in forming a slab of a length and width equal to the length and width of the bottom plus twice the height ofthe desired box, cutting crossing grooves in the slab from edge to edge so as to outline the bottom, applying flexible binding material to the edge, removing-the corner pieces lying Within the angles formed by en d portions of the crossing grooves, bending the blank thus formed along the grooves until the end edges of the side Walls meet, and securing the side walls together.

5. The method of making cigar boxes which consists in forming a wooden slab of a length and Width equal to the length and Width of the bottom plus the combined height of the end sides, and front and rear sides respectively, of the desired box,cement ing flexible reinforcing tapes crosswise of each other in position to outline the bottom edges of the box, cementing a lining to the opposite face of the slab, cutting crossing grooves in the side opposite the tapes, removing the corner pieces of the slab within the angles formed by the end portions of the erossing grooves to form a cruciform blank.

6. The method of making a box which comprises preparing a slab of wood of a length and Width at least e ual to the length and Width of the bottom p us the combined height of the end side walls and front and rear side Walls respectively; securing flexible sheet material to the slab in position to overlap the bottom and side wall areas there` of, cutting crossing grooves in ythe slab opposite the sheet material, removing the corner pieces lying within the angles formed 'by end portions of the crossing grooves, bending the blank thus lformed along the grooves until the end edges of the side Walls meet and securing the side Walls together.

ln testimony whereof l afix my signature.

HENRY LEIMAN, 

